diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index f28a2671a1a6..24086e7e7593 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@ static struct task_struct *pick_next_task_fair(struct rq *rq)
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = &rq->cfs;
 	struct sched_entity *se;
 
-	if (unlikely(!cfs_rq->nr_running))
+	if (!cfs_rq->nr_running)
 		return NULL;
 
 	do {